Name: Slow Cooker Chicken Tetrazzini
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 4 h
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 6 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves; 2 tablespoons melted butter; 1 (.7 ounce) package dry Italian-style salad dressing mix; 2 tablespoons butter; 1 small onion, sliced and separated into rings; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup; 1/2 cup chicken broth; 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Slow Cooker Chicken Tetrazzini

6 servings

Prep15 min

Cook4 hr

Ingredients

6 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 (.7 ounce) package dry Italian-style salad dressing mix
2 tablespoons butter
1 small onion, sliced and separated into rings
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup chicken broth
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

465Calories

35 gProtein

30 gFat

13 gCarbs

Counts 6 of 8 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 6 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Chicken	100g cooked	165
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Cream Cheese	1 oz (28g)	99
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Salad Dressing	not in our table	0
Soup	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together29,058 recipes

Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).
Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,850 recipes

Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).
Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Butter + cream cheesetop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,747 recipes

Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).
Chicken + oniontop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17,814 recipes

Shared aroma: gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, butter, onion, garlic, cream, cream cheese):

Capersfits better
Thymefits better
Parsleyfits better
Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, butter, onion, garlic, cream, cream cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

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